Thumbtacks

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    Thumbtacks

     Well I'm more broke than normal
    I've not enough to pay this rent
    I've been drinking for hours
    but don't feel any different
    I'd buy my girl some flowers
    but all my money's spent
    at least since I got my desoto I know
    where all my money went
    Maybe I'd be happier if I tried harder
    but I didn't
    maybe I would have had a lot more friends
    if I tried to fit in
    maybe so many people talked down to me
    is why I keep my feeling hidden
    but after so many years of negativity
    some times you let it in
    I know that no one's perfect
    I'm so far away from
    I've messed up so many time
    she'll never ask me to come back
    being less than perfect
    I'm used to stepping on some cracks
    by now my heart is held together
    with scotch tape and thumbtacks

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    knight4696 commented on Thumbtacks

    02-06-2010

    Nice job with this one Spider - I definately can hear the song in this one. I am a lyricist also and have an eye and ear for good lyrics. These fit the bill perfectly! Nice Work!
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    countrypoet commented on Thumbtacks

    12-01-2009

    No one is perfect and we all make mistakes at times.The key in life is to forgive ourselves and others for the mistakes that we make.When people try to bring you down,just remember that it is because they are unhappy in their own lives and try to make themselves feel better by trying to bring someone else down. I have learned that the best way to deal with them is to simply be proud of who you are and the abilities you have been given and to not allow anyone to bring you down.You have a very good talent for poetry.Not everyone has that ability.Be proud of that and walk confidently.
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    songmanpoet commented on Thumbtacks

    11-30-2009

    We have simular lives it seems. I've stepped into the Grand Canyon as well as cracks. Life get's better I believe. I'm depressed now being an inperfect Minister. I've tried taking my life and begged cops with pistols drawn to kill me. Women aren't worth it. I have a far away fiancee. Philippines to be exact. I've given up on American women. I've been 3 yrs alone now, longest in my life. I drink some, it is no cure. Knowing that God has a plan 4 all of us works great. I didn't give up on love, just certain women and now I'll soon have an angel who walks the earth. Stay in there, it WILL work out in His time, not ours. Songmanpoet, Sam.
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    copergirl commented on Thumbtacks

    11-25-2009

    Oh God how many people are walkin' a mile in them shoes? And you have the talent to put it into words. ten!
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    monkyntz commented on Thumbtacks

    11-24-2009

    i really like this one the ending was great. and fuck trying to fit and any one talking down to you anyway great poem. scotch tape and thumbtacks love it
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    SpiderValentine

    11/26/2009

    Thanks man. If you want to hear the musical version, My band's called Hot Rod Carl. Check it out on myspace.

    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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